Simon Thompson


Speciality

Photo of Simon Simon was originally appointed as Computer Systems Office, responsible for managing the computer systems used by both Cercia and within the School of Computer Science, including managing the HPCC Cluster and HPCC Lab. Simon is also responsible for the purchase of computer hardware used by Cercia. In 2007, Simon was promoted to Systems Development & Operations Manager.

Simon has experience of installing and managing Windows, Solaris and Linux based systems and is able to adapt easily and quickly to working with new systems.

Qualifications

  • MEng Degree in Computer Systems and Software Engineering, Department of Computer Science, The University of York (2001)
  • Two years experience managing core infrastructure systems at Computing Service, The University of York
  • Joined Cercia/School of Computer Science in September 2003